Chapter 5. 3ware BIOS Manager 2 (3BM 2) Introduction60 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User GuideWorking in the 3BM ScreensThe main 3BM screen (Figure 30) shows the current configuration for thedrives attached to your controller, and a list of any available drives. Unusableand incomplete drives are also shown.Figure 30. 3BM Main DisplayYou will see one or more of the following sections in the main 3BM screen:• Available Drives lists any unconfigured, independent drives (JBODs)that are not associated with an array, and hot spares. If this section doesnot appear, there are no available drives.• Exportable Units lists the existing units, along with the drives containedin each. These are the units that will be available to the operating systemwhen you boot your computer. If this section does not appear, no unitshave been configured.If you have more than one unit, the boot unit is the one at the top of thelist. (You can change the order by highlighting a unit and pressing thePgUp or PgDn key.)• Unusable Arrays lists any RAID configuration missing too many drivesto construct the unit. For example, a RAID 5 unit with two or more drivesmissing would appear in this list.• Incomplete Drives and Others lists drives that are remaining from a unitwith missing or failed drives, drives that are not usable, and drives thatwere part of a unit on a 3ware 7000/8000-series controller, and containdata that needs to be updated before your 3ware 9000 series controller canuse them. (If you want to move a unit from a 7/8000 controller to the 9000controller, you must convert the drives first. For more information, see thesection “Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another” on page 126.)When some of the drives are remaining from a unit, you can power downand add the missing drives to complete the unit. To use drives that are
